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Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha is a film of genre Drama directed by Ranjith with Mammootty
Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009)
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Add to a movie listPaleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (Malayalam: പാലേരി മാണിക്യം: ഒരു പാതിരാക്കൊലപാതകത്തിന്റെ കഥ, English: Manikyam of Paleri: A Midnight Murder Story) is a 2009 Malayalam language Indian mystery film written and directed by Ranjith, starring Mammootty, Shwetha Menon and Mythili. It is based on a best selling Malayalam novel of the same name by T. P. Rajeevan, which said the true story of the first recorded murder case in Kerala. Mammooty plays three characters in the film. The film introduced Mythili to the Malayalam film industry. Ranjith also introduced about thirty Malayalam stage artists through this film. The film tells the story of a private detective, who returns to his birthplace, a village called Paleri, to solve a murder mystery that occurred on the same night he was born. Upon the release of the movie, it got an 'A' certificate due to its violent and adult content.
The film won four Kerala State Film Awards including the Best Film Award. Mammootty won his fifth Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for playing three roles Ahmed Haji, Haridas, and Khalid Ahmed in this movie. Shweta Menon also won her first Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for this film.
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The story revolves around the unnatural death of a young woman named Manikyam (Mythili) in Paleri, a small village in northern Kerala, in the late 1950s. Although it was claimed by her in-laws that she died after she had a seizure, examination of the body revealed it to be a case of murder. The police charged three locals with the murder, only to be released by the court which described the prosecution's case as flawed. With no further investigation, the case had, since then, gone cold over the years, eventually acquiring the status of an unsolved mystery.Actors
Mammootty
(Haridas / Murikkumkunnath Ahammad Haji / Khalid Ahammad)
Mythili Balachandran
(Manikyam)
Shweta Menon
(Cheeru)
Sreenivasan
(Keshavan)
Gowri Munjal
(Sarayu)
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